Iowa · Census place 1909235
Buffalo, Iowa
Buffalo is a city in Scott County, Iowa with an estimated 1,163 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 246th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,163
- #246 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -13 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 172 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Buffalo population, 2020 to 2024
Buffalo lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Buffalo covers 6.77 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 172 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Buffalo is less dense than the typical town.
What county Buffalo is in
All of Buffalo's residents live in Scott County, which had 175,601 residents in 2024. Buffalo holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Buffalo
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Buffalo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52726, 52728, 52804. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Buffalo is
The Census internal point of Buffalo is at 41.461300, -90.768900. Des Moines, the capital, is 146.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Andalusia, IL (1,167 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 10.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.461300, -90.768900
- DMS
- 41°27'40.68"N 90°46'8.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 686330.5E 4592370.5N
- Geohash
- 9zr7yeb1e
- Plus code
- 86HFF66J+GC
Daylight in Buffalo
At 41.46° N, Buffalo gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Buffalo
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Blue Grass, 3.4 miles away, with 1,707 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Buffalo, IA?
1,163 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (1.1%) from 1,176 in July 2020.
What county is Buffalo in?
Scott County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Buffalo?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 52726, 52728, 52804.
How far is Buffalo from Des Moines?
146.9 miles (236.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Buffalo.
What is the nearest larger city to Buffalo?
Andalusia, IL, with 1,167 residents, 3.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.